Assalamu aleikum. Note: The term "separatist" that is used in both articles below is not merely untrue but is actually dishonest. One cannot "separate" from something to which one does not belong in the first place. Kashmir has never "belonged" to India and the women of Kashmir have always faced rape at the hands of occupying India. As such, the use of the term "separatist" in reference to Kashmir is nothing more than a pseudojournalistic sop to the militarist "We are a nuclear weapons state" regime of invading India.
Please note that 2 articles follow: *Kashmir's top woman separatist forms squad to raid brothels *Female cops target brothels --- (1) Kashmir's top woman separatist forms squad to raid brothels AFP via Daily Times August 29, 2005 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-8-2005_pg7_50 SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir's leading female separatist Aasiya Andrabi formed a squad on Sunday to raid brothels in the state and appealed to people for help in reporting cases of adultery. The move follows raids by police in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley over the past few weeks on suspected brothels, resulting in several arrests. "I urge people to keep an eye on hotels, restaurants, houseboats and residences where they feel such activities take place," Andrabi said in a statement. "We will send a special squad there to ascertain the compulsions of the women involved in the flesh trade," she said. She has also provided a mobile phone number for people to call for the squad "whenever you are convinced that man or woman has entered some place to commit adultery". Sex outside of marriage is illegal in the state. Andrabi, who served a two-year jail term for espousing Kashmir's secession from India and merger with Pakistan, did not specify what action her group would take if people were found having illegal sex. Andrabi heads a women's separatist and social group called Dukhtaran-e-Millat, or Daughters of Faith, which has been in existence for nearly two decades. The group has previously smeared black paint on film posters portraying semi-nude women and had been active even before an insurgency against Indian rule was launched in 1989. The group has also been running an unsuccessful campaign to encourage women to wear head-to-toe veils in line with Islamic tradition. However, it opposed a move by a lesser-known militant group to enforce the veil by throwing acid on women. Kashmir's largely Muslim population is socially conservative, but over the past few years couples have openly dated in parks, restaurants and internet cafes. afp http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-8-2005_pg7_50 --- (2) Female cops target brothels Izhar Wani sapa 30/08/2005 http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1762143,00.html Srinagar - A hardline Islamic women's separatist group said on Tuesday it had begun raiding brothels in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir to stamp out "adultery and the flesh-trade." Aasiya Andrabi, head of the separatist Dukhtaran-e-Milat, or Daughters of Faith, announced over the weekend the formation of all-women squads to raid brothels in the Muslim-majority state. "We will expose those indulging in immoral activities," Andrabi, a fiery speaker who has in the past voiced admiration for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, told the Current News Agency. "We raided several places in Srinagar Monday after getting calls from people," she said, issuing an appeal to people to "arrest moral degradation." The women, travelling in three-wheel auto-rickshaws and cars, were staging the raids enveloped in head-to-toe veils in line with strict Islamic tradition, a witness told AFP. Police in the state, where separatists have been waging a bloody battle against Indian rule since 1989, declined to comment. But they have been staging raids in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley over the past few weeks on brothels and made several arrests. Andrabi, whose husband is in jail on charges of being a militant, supplied a mobile telephone number for people to call "whenever you are convinced a man or woman has entered some place to commit adultery." Adultery is illegal in the state and carries a potential jail term. "During one of the raids, the men immediately fled from the house but the women were caught and questioned," she said, adding the group was seeking to persuade them to change their ways. Andrabi, 40, and mother of two sons, said the group's members were able to free a women from two men who had lured her into becoming a prostitute. Andrabi said members had also swooped on restaurants and internet cafes where they found teenage boys and girls. The group plans to talk to their parents. The group has earlier smeared black paint on racy Bollywood film posters portraying revealingly clad women. It has also been campaigning for women to veil themselves fully. The drive has been largely unsuccessful in the region which espouses a more liberal form of Islam. In a break with the past when attitudes towards mixing between the sexes were more conservative, younger people in Kashmir are frequently seen dating in restaurants and walking in parks. http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1762143,00.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. 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